Bell nets pair as Eagles edge Mooseheads 4-3

The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles will head to Russia on a winning note.

Jason Bell’s second goal of the game with 4:39 left in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and gave the Screaming Eagles a 4-3 exhibition win over the Halifax Mooseheads in front of 1,003 fans at Centre 200 on Sunday.

Jacob Smith and Maxim Lazarev also scored for the Screaming Eagles, who will start their journey to Russia on Monday evening. Their ultimate destination is Ufa, where they will play in the Junior Club World Cup. They will represent the Canadian Hockey League in the week-long tournament.

Other countries sending teams to the Junior World Cup are Finland, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Belarus and the United States. Russia will be represented by teams from Moscow and Ufa.

Francois Brassard played the entire game for Cape Breton, turning aside 29 of 32 shots. Kevin Resop and Jean-Philippe Brais combined to stop 31 shots for the Mooseheads.

“The goalies were good,” said Mooseheads head coach Dominique Ducharme. “They both made some good saves. I thought Resop, in the first (period), kept us in the game. We had a slow start but he played well. Brais also did a good job in the second part of the game.”